CARMEL, Ind. — A nurse practitioner who police said collected more than a thousand opioid pills in a five-day span using fraudulent prescriptions was formally charged on Wednesday. Katherine Curtis, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers are weighing several proposals aimed at addressing the state’s looming shortage of medical providers, including expanding the role of nurse practitioners and ...

A Columbia-based nurse practitioner is challenging Missouri's collaborative practice agreement rule, citing financial burden and lack of enforcement. The lawsuit argues the rule violates state and ...

Autumn Bardisa, 29, was arrested on Tuesday, the sheriff's office said. A woman in Florida was arrested after posing as a nurse and treating over 4,000 patients without a license, according to the ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) play integral roles in many types of healthcare settings. They provide care in rural, urban, and suburban hospitals, urgent care centers, clinics, and private practices. They ...

News On 6’s MaKayla Glenn spoke with Shelby Pope, a Skiatook-base nurse practitioner who says this change will make a big difference for both patients and small practices like hers. SKIATOOK, Okla. - ...

Among all the professions, nursing is among the most noble. Providing medical and personal care to their patients, support to their fellow healthcare professionals and going above and beyond for all, ...

Editor’s note: This list excludes data from Colorado due to data quality concerns stemming from issues with the state’s unemployment insurance system modernization. Although the Quarterly Census of ...

The California Board of Registered Nursing is construing a five-year-old state licensing law for nurse practitioners (NPs) in a way that violates the law’s original intent, say attorneys for NPs ...

In the early 1960s, Dr Ford teamed up with Henry Silver, MD, to establish the NP profession. They shared a goal of expanded access to health care for patients who needed it most. Loretta Ford, EdD, RN ...

When there is no doctor around, a nurse should be able to step in, prescribing medicine for a sore throat or advising a terrified parent at 3 a.m. Such was the conviction of Loretta Ford as a young ...